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NewsSingle currency, single everything
When you have a single currency, everything must be single, argues Marinos Gialeli.
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NewsA comedy of errors: The European Commission's stance on Solvency II
Con Keating on the folly of applying Solvency II rules to defined benefit pension funds.
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NewsStandard & Poor's makes the case for new banking criteria
S&P's Jayan Dhru explains the reasoning behind the agency's new thinking.
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NewsI polder, you polder
Just how effective has the Dutch 'polder' approach to pensions reform been?
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NewsWhat the revised IORP Directive should focus on
The original Directive was inadvisable for a number of reasons, says Liam Kennedy.
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NewsOne Europe: The advent of a new federalist system
Europe's own latent weakness has pushed it toward a more federal system, says Harry Smorenberg.
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Opinion Pieces
Long-Term Matters: Executive Pay
Why should investment professionals care about the ‘#Occupy’ protests? The majority of the public – ie, our customers – share some of the protesters’ views, even if they are not on the streets. One potent driver is the huge growth in income inequality over recent decades. With this comes disgust with politicians for being the primary ‘enablers’.
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Opinion Pieces
Fiona Stewart, OECD
Fiona Stewart, principal administrator at the OECD, considers why many institutional investors have failed to live up to their long-term investment potential.
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Opinion Pieces
IORP under pressure
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s (EIOPA) call for advice on the subject of revisions to the EU’s 2003 IORP Directive on work-place-based pensions closes on 2 January 2012. It seeks advice on the extent to which the legislative framework should be similar to that for other financial institutions and products.
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Opinion Pieces
Investing for impact
“When traditional investors look at impact investing they sometimes think they have to sacrifice returns. Fortunately, there are many examples of impact investing that lead to both competitive returns and positive social impact. In fact, it can be a very competitive field of investing activities versus mainstream assets,” says Scott Budde, head of the global social and community investing department at TIAA-CREF. This is why TIAA-CREF, with $440bn (€319bn) assets, has been involved in impact investing since 2006, and socially responsible investing since the 1980s.
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NewsUnion spin on pension reform ignores big picture
Public sector pension reform is about the next generation, not about class, says David Davison.
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NewsMartin Steward: Why can't Germany sell its bonds?
In its worst auction of the euro era, Germany tries and fails to sell €6bn worth of Bunds.
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NewsSolvency II: Bernardino fights his corner
Pensions luminaries give new EIOPA chairman a less-than-warm welcome in Frankurt.
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NewsRemuneration is not just a number
Sarah Dudney offers remuneration committees some words of advice for Bonus Decision Time.
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NewsIndices and benchmarks: Clarifying the difference
EDHEC's Noël Amenc clears up the differences between reference indices and custom benchmarks.
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NewsBenjie Fraser on the challenge of aligning of sponsors, trustees
Getting multinationals and local pensions trustees to see eye to eye can be tricky.
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NewsPensions accounting: Tactics before strategy?
Stephen Bouvier laments the fuzziness of the IASB's consultation on its agenda.
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NewsLong-term Matters: Musical chairs
ESG teams would do well to move away from active managers and sit beside the risk team.
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NewsThe ethical oligarchs
Jim Robinson takes issue with the 'undemocratic' nature of pension funds' involvement in SRI.
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NewsIn praise of long-termism
Liam Kennedy encourages the newly launched 300 Club to champion the long-term view.
